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Canadian Medical Association @cmadocs.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

This month, we spoke with @yassentch.bsky.social, Clinical Lead for Infectious Diseases at the Nunavik Department of Public Health in Kuujjuaq, Quebec, who emphasized how Indigenous strength, knowledge, and adaptability can help combat the health inequities facing remote Inuit communities.

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Dr. Yassen Tcholakov

Dr. Yassen Tcholakov is working to make things better in Nunavik, where Inuit communities face significant health challenges.

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Association médicale canadienne @amc-sante.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Regards sur la profession avec @yassentch.bsky.social, chef médical en maladies infectieuses à la Direction de la santé publique du Nunavik, à Kuujjuaq : les savoirs et la capacité d’adaptation des Autochtones peuvent aider à lutter contre les inégalités auxquelles font face les communautés inuites.

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Le Dr Yassen Tcholakov cherche à améliorer les choses au Nunavik où les communautés inuites sont confrontées à des défis sanitaires importants.

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Yassen Tcholakov @yassentch.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Tirana Hassan @msf.ca makes many strong calls for community engagement, for access to countermeasures of the communities that contribute to the clinical research, for sharing of power! #pandemic #PPPR #GlobalHealth

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Yassen Tcholakov @yassentch.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

The @un.org multi stakeholder hearing on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response #PPPR starts with an intervention from @drtedros.who.int highlighting the need for concrete political commitments and the constant thread of health emergencies. #GlobalHealth

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Yassen Tcholakov @yassentch.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

What is a priority now is to indentify what population should be the ones receiving the vaccines while taking into account equity considerations. We also need to identify pathways for manufacturing and identify which companies will be producing the vaccines.

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Yassen Tcholakov @yassentch.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

TB vaccine accelerator Council meeting in Geneva on the sides of #WHA79. A new vaccine in this space has the potential to truly change the global epidemiology of the disease! #EndTB

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Yassen Tcholakov @yassentch.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Nice to start #WHA79 week with an event at the Canadian mission in Geneva to talk about TB with Lucica Ditu @stoptb.bsky.social. #EndTB

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ESGPHM @esgphm.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

ESGPHM Business Meeting today at @escmid.bsky.social Congress, 14:45-15:45, Room ICM 2 with reports about our performance & our plans for the future, we introduce our new Executive Committee members; online access possible (key4events.zoom.us/j/8755317429...) (picture taken at last year's meeting)

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Yassen Tcholakov @yassentch.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

And what we need to do more in order to prepare for the next #pandemic. Importantly improving surveillance is critical: technically simple but politically complexe, as the #PABS negotiations to complete the #PandemicAccord illustrate very well. #GlobalHealth

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Yassen Tcholakov @yassentch.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Amazing keynote talk by @eddieholmes.bsky.social on the next #pandemic threat at #ESCMIDGlobal2026! What's on the list: - Influenza viruses - Paramyxoviruses - Coronaviruses #GlobalHealth #EpiSky @escmid.bsky.social

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Krutika Kuppalli, MD FIDSA @krutikakuppalli.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Take-home message at #ESCMIDGlobal2026: 🦟 Releasing Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes can suppress dengue 📉 Sterile male strategy → fewer viable offspring 🌍 Scalable, population-level prevention Vector control is being reimagined.

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Yassen Tcholakov @yassentch.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Finally the interesting stuff: vaccines delivering other benefits: Flu vaccine and myocardial infarction protection; Zoster vaccine associated with reduced incidence of dementia; MenB vaccine protecting against gonorrhea (maybe).

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Yassen Tcholakov @yassentch.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Yet there are successes: the #Marburg Outbreak in Ethiopia that was quickly contained; the rapid sequencing of #chikungunya in Reunion which was then used to identify spread around the world; the rapid effects of #malaria vaccine roll-out!

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Yassen Tcholakov @yassentch.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

And the global environment where there is divestments from health and public health will lead to more disease and suffering.

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Yassen Tcholakov @yassentch.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Infectious diseases remain at the top of priority lists with #Tuberculosis high on the list. #GlobalHealth #EndTB

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Yassen Tcholakov @yassentch.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Very wise thoughts on going beyond integrated surveillance of only pathogens that we can culture to full environmental surveillance using metagenomics By @bgzorn.bsky.social at #ESCMIDGlobal2026. This is proper #publichealth thinking for surveillance! #EpiSky #WES #GlobalHealth @escmid.bsky.social

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Yassen Tcholakov @yassentch.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

I counted at least one in the second speaker's presentation!

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Yassen Tcholakov @yassentch.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

This is the cool stuff: phage steering - using phages to force evolutionary trade-offs in pathogen! Sounds a bit Science-fictiony but there's now clinical studies on small groups of patients! #ESCMIDGlobal2026

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Krutika Kuppalli, MD FIDSA @krutikakuppalli.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

“The Year in Clinical Micro” at #ESCMIDGlobal2026 🔬 A devastating reality: ⚠️ >3 million children died from AMR-related infections in 2022 🌍 Highest burden in Southeast Asia & Africa 💊 Many deaths linked to Watch & Reserve antibiotics AMR is already a leading cause of child mortality.

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Krutika Kuppalli, MD FIDSA @krutikakuppalli.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

“The Year in Clinical Micro” at #ESCMIDGlobal2026 🔬 A rare bright spot in AMR: 💊 First new oral treatments for gonorrhea in decades ➡️ Zoliflodacin & Gepotidacin target MDR N. gonorrhoeae Innovation is possible—but we must protect these advances with strong stewardship

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Bug Pharmacist // Tim Gauthier @idstewardship.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

👏👏 Incredible job covering so many key points, an on the mark lecture by @IDdocAkshatha here at #ESCMIDglobal2026 @ESCMID …She asks the audience to become a DOL, talks risks vs benefits, and a changing landscape where silence is no longer neutral

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Yassen Tcholakov @yassentch.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Fun start at #ESCMIDGlobal2026 chairing, with Angela Novais, an exciting outbreak investigation session bringing together epi and microbiology together! Thanks to the speakers: @ricmexia.bsky.social @microbialtracker.bsky.social @almatostmann.bsky.social @veramanageiro.bsky.social #EpiSky #EPIET

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Yassen Tcholakov @yassentch.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Very glad to see an almost full room in the outbreak investigation session at #ESCMIDGlobal2026! Shows clear appetite for #PublicHealth and epi sessions among @escmid.bsky.social members! #EpiSky

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Yassen Tcholakov @yassentch.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

If you're at #ESCMIDGlobal2026 and are still wondering where to go, consider joining in Hall A 1-4 for an exciting outbreak investigation session! @escmid.bsky.social #EpiSky #EPIET

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Yassen Tcholakov @yassentch.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Très bon article dans Le Devoir par @drejoanneliu.bsky.social sur le PABS (accès aux agents pathogènes et partage des avantages) et sur ce qui se joue dans les négociations du traité pandémique à l'OMS: l’équité doit se traduire par des mécanismes efficaces. www.ledevoir.com/opinion/idee...

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La dernière semaine pour faire de l’équité pandémique une réalité

La leçon de la COVID-19 est claire : la solidarité ne peut reposer sur la générosité aléatoire des plus nantis.

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rani – Resilience Action Network International @rani.co · 26/03/2026

Just past the halfway mark of #IGWG6, progress on the #PABS Annex has been incremental at best – putting major pressure on @who.int Member States to conclude negotiations in the next 48–60 hours. Mid-meeting takeaways 🧵👇🏼

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The Union @theunion.org · 24/03/2026

Ending TB is within our reach, but it will take collective action 🤝 The lung health community is united in its effort to break the chain of TB transmission. Now we need world leaders to honour the commitments they made. www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7UH...

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Alma Tostmann @almatostmann.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

On #EducationFriday (17 April, 08:30–10:30), I’ll be speaking in the session titled: “Outbreak investigation: through the eyes of a field epidemiologist and public health microbiologist”, organised by the EPIET Alumni Network ESGEM @escmid.bsky.social @yassentch.bsky.social @ecdc.europa.eu

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Huge congratulations to @drejoanneliu.bsky.social & @tivabaral.bsky.social for launching the Pandemic and Emergency Readiness Lab (PERL) at @mcgillspgh.bsky.social @mcgilldgph.bsky.social Bravo! 👏🏽👏🏽

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Yassen Tcholakov @yassentch.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Very interesting critical evaluation of things that media struggled with for communication during the #pandemic. @picardonhealth.bsky.social : -Communicating uncertainty -Showing the equity impacts #GlobalHealth @mcgillghp.bsky.social

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Yassen Tcholakov @yassentch.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Deep thoughts about the state of the world at the PERL launch: "Maybe the withdrawal of the US from bilateral structures, and the increasing reliance on bilateral agreements, is lifting the blanket and showing us the state of how things have been for a long time". @roojinhabibi.org #GlobalHealth

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Yassen Tcholakov @yassentch.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Very nice to see old #GlobalHealth advocates and colleagues @nschwalbe.bsky.social and @roojinhabibi.org taking about the politics of #pandemic preparedness during the @mcgillspgh.bsky.social Pandemic and Emergency Readiness Lab (PERL) launch.

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Yassen Tcholakov @yassentch.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Nice shootout to #NewZealand when discussing countries which deployed "fairer" travel restriction policies during the #COVID19 #pandemic. @mcgillspgh.bsky.social #PublicHealth #GlobalHealth

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rani – Resilience Action Network International @rani.co · 03/12/2025

Midway through #IGWG4, progress on the #PandemicAgreement’s #PABS Annex remains slow, with several pending issues and limited negotiation days. Here are key midweek takeaways 🧵👇🏼

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Stop TB Canada @stoptbcanada.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

At the #UnionConf World Conference on Lung Health in Copenhagen, our Steering Committee member, Dr @yassentch.bsky.social presented how gaps in Canada’s health system make it harder for people to get the TB medicines they need, and how providers are helping drive change. #EndTB

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ESCAIDE @escaide.eu · 19/11/2025

Starting now: Plenary A - High stakes, low certainty: Post-Normal Science in public health governance with Silvio Funtowicz from University of Bergen. Listen, comment and join the discussion! You can still register and follow the conference LIVE here: bit.ly/ESCAIDE2025Register #ESCAIDE2025

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Yassen Tcholakov @yassentch.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Interesting #epi conversation during session on #TB diagnostics at #WCLH2025 about diagnostic yield and tradeoff between accessibility and sensitivity. Conclusion: yield of tongue swabs is not inferior to sputum, using both maximizes yield. @madhupai.bsky.social @cdenki.bsky.social #EndTB #EpiSky

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Yassen Tcholakov @yassentch.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

#WCLH2025: TB medications: We are in an oasis of new developments. We are in the midst robust drug pipeline in history. Will those developments be available to Canadians when they become available to the world? There are already many challenges to access for currently exciting medications!

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Yassen Tcholakov @yassentch.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Nice that you once more have a packed room! Enjoyed the course last year. Looking forwards to bumping into you at #WCLH2025!

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Yassen Tcholakov @yassentch.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

My call to participants: Identify a community of which you are part and how you would like to organise to impact the world. Find someone from a community where you live, work, or serve. Plan how you can give power to a community you serve or take power for a community you represent. #EndTB #WCLH2025

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Yassen Tcholakov @yassentch.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

It was an honor to speak at the @who.int #EndTB summit at the #WCLH2025 and sharing thoughts about how critical community engagement is especially at times of growing resources constraints.

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

TB advocates remind us about the impact of devastating funding and aid cuts at the @theunion.org conference on TB

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Yassen Tcholakov @yassentch.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Why is it that at every conference these days, we have to discuss how Visa issues further exacerbate inequities in the world; the invited keynote speaker shouldn't be denied telling their story #WCLH2025. @lars-loekke.bsky.social @theunion.org @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social @madhupai.bsky.social

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